I'm a frame data illiterate punk? Sure!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHJy307cZb8
Do this. If you aren't going to, well one of us is a "frame data illiterate punk" as you already proved, and your refusal will certainly show that it isn't going to be me.

The fact that you even call me that like it has ANY relevance, because of some combo that deals only 40 damage total and yet pulls "ezmonikillz", proves the following:
1) You are an elitist who thinks frame data is everything.
2) You think frame data outside blatant exceptions shouldn't be generally balanced <b><i>AGAINST</i></b>, even though it often deserves it and that sure as hell is the case in KIU.
3) You don't want to care that weapon mods ARE broken beyond belief while requiring the absolutely counterintuitive fusion mechanic.

You can claim I know nothing about math just because I'm not willing to put up with the fusion mechanic, except I have a 0% Growths Run of Fire Emblem 1 in the works. That also means dealing with plenty of Fake Difficulty because the literally only thing you can do on preparations besides overlooking the map is choosing your units, and some maps could very well get nasty in this regard. Don't even try to claim that I could just warpskip later maps in general, because with each of them, either I can't due to the boss being too tough, or I simply will skip over stuff that becomes much needed because Medeus's 35 Physical DEF and his personal bodyguard's own durability are a thing. At least most of the problems aren't so random like the fusion mechanic is. And oh look, Banut is going to see actual use, even if it helps that Dragon Stones have infinite durability in FE1.

That you claim that Flintlock, with its massive damage multiplier over range, even gets "ezmonikillzlol" by entering melee range is ridiculously convenient. The only way you can is lug Energy Charge into melee combat, with a weapon that begs to get clipped and isn't fast enough to either avoid that OR close the distance reliably; THEN pull the melee combo and hope the opponent hadn't used an armor power which if they are even using a club they probably will have because Flintlock's melee is bad; THEN shoot them and end up with a total base damage amount of maybe 45, 35 of which coming from the shot itself. That barely 5RKOs without boosts, which with the Flintlock Staff is just awful.

Even if we ignored the mercy defense cutting the shot's damage by 2/3, you have proven how stupid high the attack boosts are. There is simply no way that 1RKOs without Energy Charge and a total multiplier to range damage, including the Energy Charge, of nearly 6x. That's absolutely ridiculous. And when you need Energy Charge for something involving melee, that means you put on a speed mod as well, and that still leaves 4 slots for broken garbage like Evasion+. When you claim that THIS is underpowered, it shows your incredible arrogance.

You claim I picked a fight, but you did that yourself when you posted hot garbage like what @jrjrjrjrjjrr complained about, and then had the gall to tell him to get a bigger ****--er, sorry. Better weapons. Nobody in their right mind wants to deal with the counterintuitive nature of fusion. That you tell people to do so anyway and insult them when they don't conform to your egotistical trash like what you did to @jrjrjrjrjjrr only shows you for the elitist savages you truly are.